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CAS-ICH 245334 Gasterosteus aculeatus   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Bell, Michael A. / 20 May 1992 Gasterosteidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 50/0/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-50% isopropanol Other/Previous Number Size      
Collector; Vessel Bell, Michael A.  Field Number MAB92-2 Date Collected 19 May 1992 : 1500
Continent/Ocean North America Country United States State Alaska County Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Water Body Spring Creek Drainage Palmer Slough Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity 0 Gear 10 ft, 1/8" mesh seine
Locality Spring Creek
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type Detritus.
Acc. Number 2018-X:19 Specimen Remarks m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month.
Collecting Event Remarks Water temp. = 11.5 C. Traps set set in Sec. 23, T 17 N, R1E in a pool near dirt road just before where they cross. 20 seine hauls produced in order of rank abundance: (1) Gasterosteus aculeatus, (2) Oncorhynchus sp., and tied folr (3) Dalia pectoralis and Cottus sp.